This report covers the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012

This report covers the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012

Overview

The Caritas Annual Report shows our work in 2012 through five strategic priorities identified during the year: addressing poverty at home and abroad, responding to emergencies, upholding the dignity and rights of indigenous peoples, promoting environmental justice, and connecting effectively with our Catholic community.

Public donations topped $3 million last year, including a record Lent total of more than $900,000. We are grateful for the government’s New Zealand Aid Programme which contributed almost $1 million towards Caritas development and relief programmes.

GENÈVE / PHNOM PENH (Cambodge) ¦ 24 avril 2013 - À l'occasion de la Journée mondiale du paludisme, le 25 avril, l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) a reconnu que des progrès importants ont été accomplis pour prévenir et combattre le paludisme, y compris dans les pays fortement touchés d'Afrique subsaharienne, soulignant néanmoins la menace que fait peser la résistance aux antipaludiques dans le Bassin du Mékong, en Asie du Sud-Est, où une action d'urgence est aujourd'hui engagée.

MANILA, 24 April 2013 -On World Malaria Day, 25 April, the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Western Pacific urges Member States to remain steadfast in the fight against malaria to preserve the gains made and eliminate malaria as a public health threat.

The theme for World Malaria Day this year is “Invest in the future. Defeat malaria.” because progress towards malaria control or elimination must be maintained and intensified.

FOREWORD BY THE DIRECTOR

In 2012, the GICHD’s work was guided by the new Strategy 2012-2014 and its two key objectives, which are to accelerate progress towards global clarity on the extent of contamination and to enhance the capacities of national authorities in mine-affected countries.

AG/11355 Assemblée générale Soixante-septième Débat thématique - matin & après-midi

Avec l’expérience de ces 20 dernières années, la justice pénale internationale apparaît comme une contribution cruciale -mais insuffisante à elle seule- à la réconciliation

There are currently 66 countries and 7 territories around the world that are affected by landmines and explosive remnants of war that pose a structural barrier to development and economic growth. Landmines pose a threat not only to the lives and safety of the people but also keep any development firmly away because of the ever-present danger of destruction.

Battambang – Farmer Prak Chrin slowly paces as she drops green bean seeds into shallow holes in the ground. Nearby, her son, a hoe in his hands, is digging these holes in the family’s new farmland in a far-flung part of north-western Cambodia.

Tucked in a hillside forest, the freshly-plowed field was once shrub land infested with landmines. Now it is a ticket to a more stable future for the 50-year-old woman and her three sons. Rice, corn and beans are growing side by side on the land after it was swept clean of landmines and other explosive devices in June 2012.